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How Countries Go Broke


Do big government debts threaten our collective well-being? Are there limits to debt growth? Can a big, important reserve currency country like the United States really go broke - and what would that look like? For decades, politicians, policymakers and investors have debated these questions, but the answers have eluded them. In this groundbreaking book, Ray Dalio, one of the greatest investors of our time who anticipated the 2008 global financial crisis and the 2010-12 European debt crisis, shares for the first time his detailed explanation of what he calls the 'Big Debt Cycle'. Understanding this cycle is critical for helping policymakers, investors and the general public grasp where we are and where we are headed with the debt issue. Dalio's model points toward surprisingly straightforward solutions for dealing with the debt problems that the US, Europe, Japan and China face today. How Countries Go Broke also shows how these debt problems are related to the other forces - political within countries, geopolitical between countries, natural (droughts, floods and pandemics) and technological (most importantly, AI) - that together are causing what Dalio calls the 'Overall Big Cycle' changes in the world order. By reading this book, you will improve your understanding of what's happening now and what to do about it.
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40,95 €

Zákon o ochrane oznamovateľov protispoločenskej činnosti, 2. vydanie


Publikácia prináša podrobný výklad k zákonu č. 54/2019 Z. z. o ochrane oznamovateľov protispoločenskej činnosti. Cieľom druhého vydania komentára je poukázať na zmeny, ktoré priniesla posledná veľká novela zákona, prostredníctvom ktorej sa transponovala do slovenského právneho poriadku európska legislatíva, ale aj pomôcť pri aplikácii zákona v každodennej praxi. Uvedené sa podarilo dosiahnuť nielen pomocou podrobnej interpretácie jednotlivých ustanovení zákona, ale aj prostredníctvom príkladov z praxe či editovateľných vzorov dokumentov, ktoré sú súčasťou publikácie. Komentár je určený najmä právnikom, personalistom či iným zamestnancom, ktorí prichádzajú s touto agendou do styku, ale aj zamestnávateľom, ktorí sú povinní zaviesť vnútorný systém preverovania oznámení.
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14,80 €

Pracujeme s programem R


Text je studijní pomůckou pro předměty využívající při výuce program R (statistika, metody vyhodnocování experimentálních dat). Vysvětluje základy práce v programu a popisuje jeho důležité datové struktury (vektory, matice, datasety, seznamy). Zabývá se však i programováním v jazyce R. Neaplikuje však program R v běžné statistice, ale získané znalosti používá při programování základních metod numerické matematiky, jako je numerické derivování a integrování, řešení rovnic typu f(x) = 0 a řešení obyčejných diferenciálních rovnic 1. řádu často používaných v přírodních vědách. Tyto metody jsou naprogramovány v jazyce R a potom jsou uvedeny funkce z knihovny R, které úlohu řeší. Poslední kapitoly se zabývají lineární a nelineární regresí v programu R. Výklad je doplněn celou řadou řešených příkladů prakticky osvětlujících probíranou látku. Za zmínku stojí příklady z oblasti použití regresních metod, kde se čtenář seznámí se statistickým vyhodnocováním základních regresních úloh.
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17,51 €

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Exploring Nationalism


In a compelling exploration of nationalism's darker facets, this book delves into the aggressive, expansionist strain that has fueled conflict and suffering throughout human history. While nationalism is often linked to modernity, the author traces its roots back to humanity's earliest recorded eras, revealing how elements such as racialism, ethnicity, language, religion, and culture have historically ignited aggressive nationalism. Drawing from a sweeping analysis of over 33 European countries, the book examines the common experiences of nations from their tribal beginnings to the current age of superpowers. While acknowledging that some forms of nationalism—like secessionism and irredentism—may serve as legitimate expressions of self-defense, the primary focus remains on the destructive impulse to invade and dominate neighbouring lands. This work is not just a historical study; it serves as a cautionary tale for the present day. With 2024 as its backdrop, the author connects historical patterns to contemporary issues, warning of the resurgence of extreme right-wing ideologies across the globe. This thought-provoking examination urges readers to confront the past's lessons, emphasizing that history is not merely a record of what has been, but a vital lens through which to understand our present and shape a more peaceful future.
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29,49 €

Love


A brief but engaging look at love. In Love, researcher Anne Marie Pahuus explores the fascinating dimensions of this complicated and alluring feeling. Defining love as a mixture of warm emotions fueled by our wish to be with another person, Pahuus illustrates how love frames and influences our eventful lives, plans, and goals. But we haven't always viewed love in the romantic way that we see it now—the idea of love has changed and evolved throughout history, from Plato to Kierkegaard and Milan Kundera. Love determines our experience of happiness, but it also defines our responsibilities. Pahuus asks provocative questions: How do our attitudes toward love reinforce or subvert traditional ideas about gender, sexuality, and partnership? And how do we experience and value different forms of love, such as romantic, familial, or universal? Tackling these essential questions with humor and candor, Love will help you reframe your relationship with yourself, others, and the world. In Reflections, a series copublished with Denmark's Aarhus University Press, scholars deliver 60-page reflections on key concepts. These books present unique insights on a wide range of topics that entertain and enlighten readers with exciting discoveries and new perspectives.
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10,49 €

Patton's Prayer


General George Patton needed a miracle. In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued the troops daily since September, turning roads into rivers of muck, slowing trucks and tanks to a crawl. A thick ceiling of clouds had grounded American warplanes, allowing the Germans to reinforce. The sprint to Berlin had become a muddy, bloody stalemate, costing thousands of American lives. Patton seethed, desperate for some change, any change, in the weather. A devout Christian, he telephoned his head chaplain. ''Do you have a good prayer for the weather?'' he asked. The resulting prayer was soon printed and distributed to the 250,000 men under Patton''s command. ''Pray when driving,'' the men were asked. ''Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle... Pray for victory... Pray for Peace.'' Then came the Battle of the Bulge. Amid frigid temperatures and heavy snow, 200,000 German troops overwhelmed the meager American lines in Belgium''s Ardennes Forest, massacring thousands of soldiers as the attack converged on a vital crossroads town called Bastogne. There, the 101st Airborne was dug in, but the enemy were lurking, hidden in the thick blanket of fog that seemed to never dissipate. A hundred miles of frozen roads to the south, Patton needed an answer to his prayer, fast, before it was too late.
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24,49 €

Gyógyító olvasás - Irodalomterápia mindenkinek


Az olvasás nem csupán menekülés a valóság elől, hanem az öngondoskodás mindenki számára elérhető és igen hatékony formája. A Gyógyító olvasás nyomon követi az irodalomterápia kialakulásának történetét, kiemelve Montaigne, Eliot és Wordsworth fontos szerepét. Olyan kliensek történetét tárja elénk, akik a nagy irodalmi művekben találtak vigaszt nehéz életszakaszokban, amikor gyásszal, kapcsolati nehézségekkel vagy betegséggel küzdöttek. A kötet gyakorlati tanácsokkal látja el olvasóját: részletesen bemutatja az irodalomterápia működését, és olvasmánylistát kínál a különféle érzelmi- és hiányállapotok kezeléséhez. Érdemes kézbe venni a könyvet, ha szorongással küzdünk, vagy állandóan túlgondoljuk a problémákat, illetve segít a pozitív gondolkodás és kiegyensúlyozottság kialakításában.
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16,90 €

Attack from Within


Disinformation - the deliberate spreading of lies disguised as truth, whether from opportunists on the far right, misinformed media influencers, or others-is fragmenting America more than ever before, pushing the nation toward extreme views, civil unrest, and violence. In this bestselling book, now with a new foreword by the author, Barbara McQuade identifies how disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society, causing havoc in our voting systems, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and the Capitol. McQuade, an MSNBC legal analyst and former federal prosecutor confronts the ways disinformation is being weaponized to polarize voters, degrade our legal structures, and leverage the political influence of manipulators and authoritarians. Now newly updated, Attack from Within shows us how to fight back against misinformed, extremist thinking and work toward preserving America's hard-won democracy.
Na sklade 1Ks
24,50 €

The History of Political Thought


Thinking about politics has tended to be historical in nature because of the comparisons and contrasts that can be drawn between past and present. Different periods in politics have used the past differently. At times political thought can be said to have been drawn directly from the study of history; at others, perhaps including our own time, the relationship is more indirect. This Very Short Introduction explores the core concerns and questions in the field of the history of political thought. Richard Whatmore considers the history of political thought as a branch of political philosophy/political science, and examines the approaches of core theorists such as Reinhart Koselleck, Strauss, Michel Foucault, and the so-called Cambridge School of Quentin Skinner and John Pocock. Assessing the current relationship between political history, theory and action, Whatmore concludes with an analysis of its relevant for current politics.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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13,49 €

The Southern Fault Line


A highly original reinterpretation of how race and class shaped the entirety of Southern history through the experience of four interconnected family lines. The Southern Fault Line explores the under-appreciated division in the South between the oligarchic rule of plantation owners and industrialists on the one hand, and the more democratic mindset of the mountain-dwelling small farmers on the other. These two mindsets were in continual tension from the 1800s to the 1960s, when the adherents of the more democratic side of the struggle capitulated to the oligarchical side in response to the Civil Rights movement.Bryan Jones draws from his own family''s centuries-old history in the region to explore the rise and fall of the "two minds" of the South. Through a comparison of the experiences of a slaveholding line in his family with three non-slaveholding lines, Jones provides a rich history of the politics of both class and race in the region from the Founding era to the present. The slaveholding side of his family settled in Black Belt Alabama, while ancestral members of the other side of his family were poorer uplanders. In the 1890s, the latter supported the burgeoning populist movement, which for a short window of time tried to unite poor Blacks and poor whites against the patrician planter class and industrialists. After a series of close elections, the planter class was able to stanch the populist tide. They did this in large part by sowing racial division among populism''s supporters. Indeed, one of Jones'' ancestors helped draft the 1901 Alabama constitution that made Jim Crow the law of the state. Throughout, Jones shows how deep the political differences were between the two regions, with oligarchy characterizing the slaveholding region and a more democratic ethos shaping the non-slaveholding areas. Jones serves as the final observer, a white boy observing not only the demise of the Jim Crow South, but--in the wake of the Civil Rights movement--the demise of the mountain democratic South as well. Today, the vast majority of Southern whites regardless of class support an oligarchical Republican Party.
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35,49 €

Sicily


Discover the incredible island of Sicily, one of the world''s most dynamic cultural crossroads, as you travel through time and explore the history of Italy. The history of human habitation of Sicily is so varied and fascinating that readers will be compelled to keep turning the pages of this accessible narrative to see what happens next. Greeks, Romans, Jews, and Muslims have all left indelible legacies. Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Normans, Hohenstaufens, Spaniards, Bourbons, and the Savoy Kingdom of Italy have all ruled the island. The emigration of Sicilians to the US in the 19th and 20th centuries often overshadows the variety and importance of people who immigrated to the island through the centuries. The author called Sicily home for 7 years, and was inspired to research and write this book by the countless visitors who expressed a desire to be able to read a history of the island. The book''s narrative is supported with 17 maps, an appendix of historical statistics, a glossary with notes on Italian word endings, and a glossary of names.
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29,99 €

Confidence by Numbers


The guide to having more confidence when and where you want it. Maximise your impact in an instant with this unique approach to increasing confidence. In this empowering guide, motivational coach and three times Author of the Year, Tee Dobinson shares her proven strategies and insights. She's used them to help over 100,000 people build lasting confidence. In her accessible story-driven style, Tee shows you how to handle difficult conversations with ease and enhance personal and professional relationships. Find out how to lift your confidence, and that of those around you, to 10 out of 10.
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17,99 €

The Systems Leader


A groundbreaking blueprint for mastering “cross-pressures” in a rapidly changing world, teaching leaders to execute and innovate, think locally and globally, and project ambition and statesmanship alike—from a Stanford Business School lecturer and consultant to some of the biggest and most innovative CEOs Since the start of this century, businesses have confronted a series of extreme and constant disruptions, including technological upheavals, a pandemic, and a global financial crisis. As a result, today’s leaders, from startup founders to the managers of global giants, face unprecedented pressures from their bosses, investors, customers, peers, suppliers, and employees. For many, it’s a recipe for disaster. Part of the problem is that these challenges, while acutely felt, are rarely articulated in a way that makes them graspable and actionable. Robert E. Siegel has witnessed the impact of these cross-pressures from different perspectives. As a lecturer in management at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, an operator, a venture capitalist, and a consultant, he sees countless teams of managers, at all sorts of companies, struggling to lead their companies into the future. Featuring exclusive stories drawn from inside the business world, including from the CEOs of Harley-Davidson, Mubadala, Kering, Wells Fargo, and Box, this essential guidebook teaches readers“systems leadership,” Siegel’s holistic framework that helps leaders understand and master five key dimensions where they are likely to feel contradictory pressures: Priorities: The need to succeed at both execution and innovation People: The need to project both strength and empathy Sphere of influence: The need to focus both internally and externally Geography: The need to think both locally and globally Purpose: The need to pursue both ambition and statesmanship
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24,95 €

Gyógyulás szívfájdalom után


Egy szakítás a világ végének tűnhet - de mi van, ha valójában éppen ez vezet el ahhoz, hogy végre önmagad legjobb változatává válj? A szeretet, a közelség és az elfogadás keresése közben gyakran ismételjük ugyanazokat a viselkedésmintákat. Az agyunk ösztönösen a megszokott, ismerős helyzeteket keresi, hogy eligazodjon az élet útvesztőjében - csakhogy ez gyakran ahhoz vezet, hogy mindig hasonló, mérgező kapcsolatokban találjuk magunkat. Ezekből kilépni különösen nehéz, főleg, ha ezek a kapcsolatok régi, mélyen gyökerező traumáinkat is felszínre hozták. És amikor végre megtesszük, újra és újra összetört szívünket próbáljuk begyógyítani. Ginger Dean, az elismert pszichoterapeuta, maga is megtapasztalta ezt az ördögi kört - egészen addig, míg rá nem jött valamire: a szívfájdalom nem szükségszerű végkimenetel. Sőt, lehetőség is lehet arra, hogy újra önmagunkra találjunk - nemcsak a párkapcsolatainkban, hanem életünk minden más területén. Szeretettel, együttérzéssel és bölcsességgel szól minden nőhöz, aki készen áll arra, hogy elinduljon a gyógyulás útján, és megtanulja szeretni önmagát - úgy igazán.
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14,06 €

A Social History of Analytic Philosophy


Analytic philosophy is the leading form of philosophy in the English-speaking world. What explains its continued success? Christoph Schuringa argues that its enduring power can only be understood by examining its social history. Analytic philosophy tends to think of itself as concerned with eternal questions, transcending the changing scenes of history. It thinks of itself as apolitical. This book, however, convincingly shows that the opposite is true. The origins of analytic philosophy are in a set of distinct movements, shaped by high-ly specific sets of political and social forces. Only after the Second World War were these disparate, often dynamic movements joined together to make 'analytic philosophy' as we know it. In the climate of McCarthyism, analytic philosophy was robbed of political force. To this day, analytic philosophy is the ideology of the status quo. It may seem arcane and largely removed from the real world, but it is a crucial component in upholding liberalism, through its central role in elite educational institutions. As Schuringa concludes, the apparently increasing friendliness of analytic philosophers to rival approaches in philosophy should be understood as a form of colonization; thanks to its hegemonic status, it reformats all it touches in service of its own imperatives, going so far as to colonize decolonial efforts in the discipline.
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34,50 €

Forgiveness for Everyone


The thought of forgiving others and ourselves for wounds we''ve carried for far too long can feel like looking up at a faraway mountain peak: daunting, distant, and insurmountable. Yet climbing to the summit of forgiveness is possible with the proper preparation, guidance, equipment, and companionship - along with a generous supply of grace and patience for the twists, turns, and uphill terrain that lead to the top. Psychologist Douglas Weiss loves to traverse Colorado''s Rocky Mountains, but more than that he loves guiding others up the figurative, often rockier trail to places where fresh air and stunning vistas represent the freedom we can experience as we embrace and apply the power of forgiveness. As he gently, lovingly leads you along this difficult but life-changing path, you will explore: strategies for unearthing often deeply buried roots of trauma and abuse; the biblical wisdom and strength that make forgiveness possible; encouragement to walk free from even your most painful wounds; practical exercises that open the way for renewal and restoration... and much more. Filled with insights from the author''s own journey, along with richly relatable stories from those he has counseled over four decades, Forgiveness for Everyone is a well-marked trail map for your trek from the shadowy valley of unforgiveness to the blue-sky heights of healing and hope. Your summit awaits - so grab Dr. Weiss'' hand and get ready to climb!The thought of forgiving others and ourselves for wounds we''ve carried for far too long can feel like looking up at a faraway mountain peak: daunting, distant, and insurmountable. Yet climbing to the summit of forgiveness is possible with the proper preparation, guidance, equipment, and companionship - along with a generous supply of grace and patience for the twists, turns, and uphill terrain that lead to the top. Psychologist Douglas Weiss loves to traverse Colorado''s Rocky Mountains, but more than that he loves guiding others up the figurative, often rockier trail to places where fresh air and stunning vistas represent the freedom we can experience as we embrace and apply the power of forgiveness. As he gently, lovingly leads you along this difficult but life-changing path, you will explore: strategies for unearthing often deeply buried roots of trauma and abuse; the biblical wisdom and strength that make forgiveness possible; encouragement to walk free from even your most painful wounds; practical exercises that open the way for renewal and restoration... and much more. Filled with insights from the author''s own journey, along with richly relatable stories from those he has counseled over four decades, Forgiveness for Everyone is a well-marked trail map for your trek from the shadowy valley of unforgiveness to the blue-sky heights of healing and hope. Your summit awaits - so grab Dr. Weiss'' hand and get ready to climb!
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27,99 €

Perfect Communities


The rise and fall of William J. Levitt, the man who made the suburban house a mass commodity   Two material artifacts defined the middle-class American lifestyle in the mid-twentieth century: the automobile, which brought gas stations, highways, commercial strips, and sprawl; and the single-family suburban home, the repository of many families’ long-term wealth. While the man who did the most to make the automobile a mass commodity—Henry Ford—is well known, few know the story of the man who did the same for the suburban house.   Edward Berenson describes the remarkable career of William Levitt, who did more than anyone else to create the modern suburb. In response to an unprecedented housing shortage as veterans returned home from World War II, his Levittown developments provided inexpensive mass-produced housing that was wildly popular—prospective buyers would camp out in line for two days for the chance to put down a deposit on a Levitt house. He was a celebrity, a life-changing hero to tens of thousands, and the pitchman of a renewed American Dream. But Levitt also shared Ford’s dark side. He refused to allow Black people to buy or rent in his developments and doggedly defended this practice against legal challenges. Leading the way for other developers who emulated his actions, he helped ensure that suburbs nationwide remained white enclaves. These legacies are still with us. Levitt made a major contribution to the stubborn wealth disparity between white families and Black families, and his solution to the housing crisis of the 1940s—the detached house and surrounding yard—is a primary cause of the housing crisis today.   As a person, Levitt was a strangely guileless and tragic figure. He accumulated vast wealth but, after losing control of his building company, surrendered it all through foolish investments and a lavish lifestyle that included a Long Island mansion and a two-hundred-foot yacht. Just weeks before his death, as a charity patient in a hospital to which he had once given millions, he was still imagining his great comeback.
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33,49 €

Free Radicals


The story of the circle of scientists, poets and dissidents who discovered laughing gas?and forever changed our understanding of the mind An unlikely circle of doctors, chemists, poets and political radicals formed a group round the maverick physician Thomas Beddoes. In the closing years of the eighteenth century, he founded the first modern medical institute, the Pneumatic Institute in Bristol. When he and its researchers discovered the mind-altering properties of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, what was a pioneering public health initiative became a freewheeling exploration of consciousness. Celebrated historian Mike Jay tells the story of Dr. Beddoes and his group of unorthodox experimenters. With the support of Erasmus Darwin and poets Robert Southey and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a laboratory designed by James Watt and funded by Thomas Wedgwood, and the self-experimenting chemistry assistant Humphrey Davy, Beddoes precipitated a revolution in scientific investigation.
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18,95 €

India


A dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context—from antiquity to todayMuch of world history is Indian history. Home today to one in four people, the subcontinent has long been densely populated and deeply connected to Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas through migration and trade. In this magisterial history, Audrey Truschke tells the fascinating story of the region historically known as India—which includes today’s India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and parts of Afghanistan—and the people who have lived there. A sweeping account of five millennia, from the dawn of the Indus Valley Civilization to the twenty-first century, this engaging and richly textured narrative chronicles the most important political, social, religious, intellectual, and cultural events. And throughout, it describes how the region has been continuously reshaped by its astonishing diversity, religious and political innovations, and social stratification. Here, readers will learn about Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Islam, and Sikhism; the Vedas and Mahabharata; Ashoka and the Mauryan Empire; the Silk Road; the Cholas; Indo-Persian rule; the Mughal Empire; European colonialism; national independence movements; the 1947 Partition of India; the recent rise of Hindu nationalism; the challenges of climate change; and much more. Emphasizing the diversity of human experiences on the subcontinent, the book presents a wide range of voices, including those of women, religious minorities, lower classes, and other marginalized groups. You cannot understand India today without appreciating its deeply contested history, which continues to drive current events and controversies. A comprehensive and innovative book, India is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the past, present, or future of the subcontinent.
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45,99 €

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